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Numeracy as Social Practice: Global and Local Perspectives (Rethinking Development), Brian Street, 9781138284456

Author: Brian Street

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List of Figures List of Boxes List of Tables List of Contributors FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Mapping the terrain of social practice perspectives of numeracy Keiko Yasukawa, Kara Jackson, Phil Kane and Diana Coben PART I Using case studies to expose the significance of what `surrounds mathematics in numeracy practices Preface Alan Rogers and Brian V. Street Chapter 2 Estimation by kiwifruit orchard managers and urban refuse/recycling operators within their situated horticultural or civic workplace practices: Case studies from New Zealand Phil Kane Chapter 3 Building stone walls: A case study from the Phillipines Wilfredo Vidal Alangui Chapter 4 “Tear it out and rip it up or you might get charged again”: Paying debts at the company store in a farm workers camp in Mexico Judy Kalman and Diana Solares Chapter 5 Mathematics in pre-vocational education: A model for interfaces between two different teaching contents Lisa Bjrklund Boistrup, Elisabet Bellander and Michael Blaesild PART II Mathematics education and everyday numeracies: Theoretical resources for analysis Preface Keiko Yasukawa Chapter 6 Word problems as social textsRichard Barwell Chapter 7 Broadening school mathematics curriculum: The complexity of teaching mathematical language games of different forms of life Gelsa Knijnik and Fernanda Wanderer Chapter 8 `Limits of the local in theorising numeracy as social practice: A case study of mathematics education in Palestine Jehad Alshwaikh and Keiko Yasukawa Chapter 9 Teaching and learning of numeracy in Nepalese primary schools Mariko Shiohata PART III Numeracy and power: Facilitating learning of numeracy as social practice Preface Kara Jackson Chapter 10 `Occupation of our minds: A metaphor to explain mathematics education in South Africa in the apartheid era Herbert Khuzwayo Chapter 11 Learning for life, from life: Adult numeracy and primary school textbooks in India Anita Rampal Chapter 12 Critical humanistic pedagogy in the context of adult basic education: Making sense of numeracy as social empowerment Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko, Shanah Mompoloki Suping and Obusitswe Pitso Chapter 13 The workplace as a site for learning critical numeracy practice Keiko Yasukawa CONCLUSION Chapter 14 Expanding and deepening the terrain: Numeracy as social practice Kara Jackson, Alan Rogers and Keiko Yasukawa List of Figures List of Boxes List of Tables List of Contributors FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 Mapping the terrain of social practice perspectives of numeracy Keiko Yasukawa, Kara Jackson, Phil Kane and Diana Coben PART I Using case studies to expose the significance of what `surrounds mathematics in numeracy practices Preface Alan Rogers and Brian V. Street Chapter 2 Estimation by kiwifruit orchard managers and urban refuse/recycling operators within their situated horticultural or civic workplace practices: Case studies from New Zealand Phil Kane Chapter 3 Building stone walls: A case study from the Phillipines Wilfredo Vidal Alangui Chapter 4 “Tear it out and rip it up or you might get charged again”: Paying debts at the company store in a farm workers camp in Mexico Judy Kalman and Diana Solares Chapter 5 Mathematics in pre-vocational education: A model for interfaces between two different teaching contents Lisa Bjrklund Boistrup, Elisabet Bellander and Michael Blaesild PART II Mathematics education and everyday numeracies: Theoretical resources for analysis Preface Keiko Yasukawa Chapter 6 Word problems as social textsRichard Barwell Chapter 7 Broadening school mathematics curriculum: The complexity of teaching mathematical language games of different forms of life Gelsa Knijnik and Fernanda Wanderer Chapter 8 `Limits of the local in theorising numeracy as social practice: A case study of mathematics education in Palestine Jehad Alshwaikh and Keiko Yasukawa Chapter 9 Teaching and learning of numeracy in Nepalese primary schools Mariko Shiohata PART III Numeracy and power: Facilitating learning of numeracy as social practice Preface Kara Jackson Chapter 10 `Occupation of our minds: A metaphor to explain mathematics education in South Africa in the apartheid era Herbert Khuzwayo Chapter 11 Learning for life, from life: Adult numeracy and primary school textbooks in India Anita Rampal Chapter 12 Critical humanistic pedagogy in the context of adult basic education: Making sense of numeracy as social empowerment Rebecca Nthogo Lekoko, Shanah Mompoloki Suping and Obusitswe Pitso Chapter 13 The workplace as a site for learning critical numeracy practice Keiko Yasukawa CONCLUSION Chapter 14 Expanding and deepening the terrain: Numeracy as social practice Kara Jackson, Alan Rogers and Keiko Yasukawa

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